When the 1904 Olympic Games were awarded to St. Louis in 1903, McGrew petitioned the Olympic Committee to permit Glen Echo Golf Club to host the event.
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McIlroy, who rates the four Majors as more important, also questioned whether golf was doing enough to justify its Olympic status in terms of drug-testing. Right now I feel like I’ve got to do a little more work throughout my swing to get it compact and ready for the style of golf. Quite honestly, it was nearly predictable.
Asked which events he would watch on television, the four-time major victor said: ‘Probably the events like track and field, swimming, diving – the stuff that matters’.
Golf’s controversial return to the Games has been marred by withdrawal of 20 players including the top four in the world. “I didn’t get into golf to get other people into the game”. Spieth had planned to room with Fowler in Rio, and he said he texted Fowler after informing the IGF that he wasn’t going to play.
“This is going to be a very, very hard thing for me to do to watch the opening ceremonies and watch my peers compete for a gold medal. and watch people stand on the stage and hear the national anthem playing”, added Spieth.
“But I said ‘I’m going to try to make you jealous and go down there and get gold”‘. They don’t know what I know about myself and my future and my goals.
Jordan Spieth delivered the final blow Monday when he told the International Golf Federation he would not be going to Rio next month, leaving the sport without its four highest-ranked players who have captured six of the last eight majors.
Rose countered Rory’s “I didn’t get into golf to try to grow the game” message by saying: “I’ve received a lot of help from many different organizations within the game, and it doesn’t take much to give back in certain ways”.
Fielding a question about Zika virus cases turning up in OH and Pennsylvania, where he has played tournaments, and Texas, where he resides, he stressed that it’s inaccurate to report that he withdrew because of Zika alone.
“Different people have different opinions”. “I can tell you that I’m not specifically pinpointing any one thing in my health concerns, either”, he said.
“You don’t know how many times you will be in the Olympics, if it will be in the Olympics again. But they had my name at the very top, which I thought was kind of odd”. “I don’t think it would be appropriate given our decision on the Olympics”.
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“It’s been sort of a sad situation to see those sorts of guys pulling out”.
